Enter Shikari at Roundhouse, NW1

The most telling trait of this magnificent gig was that fans were far too busy enjoying themselves to film it on their phones. Never were more than a couple of mobiles being held aloft in the mosh pit that filled the entire dancefloor. Upstairs — where the seats had been removed — you could see steam rising. When, mid-set, the venue got so sweaty that the speakers blew, Enter Shikari simply stood on stage and watched as the crowd continued singing.

Almost a decade since the quartet from St Albans, Hertfordshire, became the hard-rocking pioneers of DIY — they built a big fan base without a record label, a feat that remains depressingly rare — their maverick spirit remains. If the frontman Rou Reynolds’s shouty manifestos sometimes…

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